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absence of any markings on the abdomen, as well as by its larger size and broader cephalo- 

 thorax. It is also nearly allied to Clubiona cambridgii, L. Koch, found in New Zealand, but 

 may be distinguished from that species too by the same characters. From C. holosericea 

 Degeer=(7. deinognalha, Camb., it differs by its generally robuster form, less prominent 

 falces, and less broad cephalothorax. 



The foregoing remarks will give a general idea of this spider ; the following is a more 

 detailed description. 



The cephalothorax is of a bluff-oval form, round behind, and truncated in front. The 

 caput is constricted on its lateral margins, but is evenly and well rounded above. The ocular 

 area is broad, and is a little prominent over the clypeus, which is almost obsolete. It is of a 

 reddish yellow-brown behind, deepening into dark red-broAvn on the fore part of the caput, 

 and is clothed with a short sandy pubescence : the normal indentations are of a deeper hue 

 than the rest. 



The eyes are rather small, but in the usual position. Those of the hinder row are equal 

 in size. Those of the hind-central pair are farther from each other than each is from the 

 hind-lateral on its side, and each is separated by nearly about the same interval, from the fore- 

 central eye nearest to it. Those of the fore-central pair are the largest of the eight, and are 

 divided by a diameter's distance ; and from each of them the fore-lateral on its side is sepa- 

 rated by rather less than a diameter. Those of each lateral pair are placed very obliquely, 

 and are separated by an interval only a little less than that which divides the fore and hind- 

 central pairs. 



The legs are strong, moderately long, and of a dull orange-yellow colour ; those of the 

 first and second pairs being tinged with red. Their relative length appears to be 4, 2, 1, 3 ; 

 and they are furnished with hairs, slender bristles, and strongish spines. Each tarsus ends 

 with two curved pectinated claws, beneath which is a compact claw-tuft, followed, over the 

 under surface of the joint as well as over some portion of that of the metatarsus, by a scopula 

 of short compact hairs. 



The palpi are short and slender, furnished with hairs and strong bristles. The radial 

 joint is shorter than the digital, but longer than the cubital : the colour of the palpi is like 

 that of the legs. The digital joint is suffused with reddish, rather enlarged at its anterior 

 extremity, which is pretty thickly furnished with hairs, particularly on the upper side. 



The falces are long and powerful, perpendicular, rather prominent near their base in 

 front, where they are furnished with strong, prominent bristles : their colour is deep red-brown. 



The maxillae and labium are of the usual form, and a little lighter in colour than the 

 falces ; the inner extremities of the former and the apex of the latter being whitish yellow. 



The sternum is oval, clothed with hairs, and of a yellow-brown colour. 



The abdomen is oval, of a brownish clay-colour, thickly clothed with sandy and greyish 

 pubescence, together with a few longer, erect, scattered, black and yellowish hairs. The 

 spinners are moderate in length and rather strong ; those of the inferior pair are the largest 

 and strongest. The form of the genital aperture is characteristic. 



Hub. Murree, June llth to July 14th, 1874. 



21. CLITBIONA LAUDATA, sp. n., PI. II, Fig. 16, j . 



Adult male : length rather under 2 lines. . 



The cephalothorax of this small species is broad-oval, truncate before, and the lateral 



